Karl Lieffen

Karl Lieffen (17 May 1926 – 13 January 1999), born Karel František Lifka, was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films on screen and television between 1949 and 1998.

Biography He was born in Ossegg (Osek), Czechoslovakia and attended drama classes at Brunswick and the Heer School of Music in Bückeburg. In 1946 he started his theatre career in Freiburg followed by engagements at the Hessian State Theatre in Wiesbaden, the Munich Kammerspiele and the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt. In 1975 he joined the ensemble of the Bavarian State Theatre (Residenz Theatre) in Munich. From the 1950s on Lieffen became known to a wider public for his film appearances, like the role of the brisk chauffeur Fritz in Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three. He died in Starnberg, Germany.

Selected filmography

Encounter with Werther (1949) - Bediensteter Bursche Sensation in Savoy (1950) The Beggar Student (1956) - Major Wangenheim Haie und kleine Fische (1957) - Dr. Timmler Eva küßt nur Direktoren (1958) - Herr Fuchs Mikosch, the Pride of the Company (1958) - Stabsarzt Resurrection (1958) Wir Wunderkinder (1958) - Wehackel (uncredited) A Song Goes Round the World (1958) - Pianist Schlange Nick Knatterton’s Adventure (1959) - Nick Knatterton Dorothea Angermann (1959) Melodie und Rhythmus (1959) - Otto Mattusch The Beautiful Adventure (1959) - Fotograf Fortuné Tallon The Death Ship (1959) - Belgischer Kripobeamter The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959) - Herr Hintz - der Dandy Love Now, Pay Later (1959) - Zuhälter Ein Tag, der nie zu Ende geht (1959) - McGlade Orientalische Nächte (1960) - Pierre (1960) - Populescu Conny and Peter Make Music (1960) - Grossi A Woman for Life (1960) - Magier Die Brücke des Schicksals (1960) Agatha, Stop That Murdering! (1960) - Thomas Lorenzen The Time Has Come (1960, TV series) - Pelford Hamlet (1961) - Osric (1961) - Dr. Hellwig Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi (1961) - Santamaria One, Two, Three (1961) - Fritz Toller Hecht auf krummer Tour (1961) - Moritz Wenn beide schuldig werden (1962) - Ulbach, Landtagsabgeordneter Verrückt und zugenäht (1962) - Kralle Kaktus, Gewohnheitsganove The Pirates of the Mississippi (1963) - Doc Monrove Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1963, Episode: "") - Stieglitz Piccadilly null Uhr zwölf (1963) - Lee Costello The Defector (1966) - Major Windisch When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn (1967) - Karlchen Dincke Jack of Diamonds (1967) - Helmut Heidi (1968, TV Movie) - Sebastian Dem Täter auf der Spur (1968–1973, TV Series) - Inspecteur Janot (1969) - Grundeis, Prosecutor Angels of the Street (1969) - Radensky Don't Get Angry (1972) - Max Derrick (1974–1998, TV Series) - Lagusta / Johannes Brusius / Heinrich Gruga / Herr Sparke (final appearance) Tadellöser & Wolff (1975, TV Mini-Series) - Karl Kempowski Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand (1979) - Assessor Olearius It Can Only Get Worse (1979) - Dr. Kornsack Ein gutes Land (1982) Lass das – ich hass das (1983) - Onkel Franz The Roaring Fifties (1983) - Major Blaschenko Die leichten Zeiten sind vorbei (1983) Otto – Der Film (1985) - Floppmann Nägel mit Köpfen (1986) - Industrieller Die Wächter (1986, TV miniseries) - Doctor White (1995) - Buselmeier (1996) - Grandpa Gustav